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The [[59th Regiment]] of the British forces was stationed in Cape Town, and the brass band of this company performed as part of the programme in some theatrical performances in the new [[Theatre Royal]] (opened in 1860) and the (resurrected?) [[Barracks Theatre]] in 1861-2.  
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The [[59th Regiment]] of the British forces was stationed in Cape Town, and the brass band of this company performed as part of the programme in some theatrical performances in the new [[Theatre Royal]] (opened in 1860) and the (resurrected?) [[Barracks Theatre]] in 1861-2. Possibly some of the officers and men were involved as performers as well.  
  
  
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A [[Captain Staunton]] appears to have been involved, and a company of eight [[African Minstrels]] (perhaps another name for the [[S.A. Minstrels]] of 1860), led by [["Colour Sergeant" Heaven]], also performed interludes. (See [[Minstrels]])
 
  
 
== The performances ==
 
== The performances ==
  
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In 1860:
  
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The company was apparently particularly active in 1862, and among the productions mentioned by [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980: pp. 166-7) are: ''[[The Robber's Wife, or The Coiner's Cave]]'' (Pocock) and ''[[Bombastes Furioso]]'' (Rhodes) on Monday 4 February, 1861;  ''[[Susan Hopley, or The Trials of a Servant Girl]]'' (''[[Susan Hopley, or The Vicissitudes of a Servant Girl]]'' by **) and ''[[Two Heads are better than One]]'' () on 25 July 1862; and ''[[The Miller and His Men]]'', ''[[Kiss in the Dark]]'' and a performance by the [[African Minstrels]] as interlude on Tuesday 2 December 1862.
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25 November : ''[[Dido, The Queen of Carthage]]'' (Durnand) and ''[[The Irish Tutor]]'' (Butler), with the brass orchestra of the [[59th Regiment]].
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3  December: ''[[Dido, The Queen of Carthage]]'' (Durnand) and ''[[Who Do You Take Me For?]]'' (Morton?), with the brass orchestra of the [[59th Regiment]].  
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 166-7,
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.  
  
 
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Revision as of 05:53, 4 September 2017

The 59th Regiment of the British forces was stationed in Cape Town, and the brass band of this company performed as part of the programme in some theatrical performances in the new Theatre Royal (opened in 1860) and the (resurrected?) Barracks Theatre in 1861-2. Possibly some of the officers and men were involved as performers as well.


The company

The performances

In 1860:

25 November : Dido, The Queen of Carthage (Durnand) and The Irish Tutor (Butler), with the brass orchestra of the 59th Regiment.

3 December: Dido, The Queen of Carthage (Durnand) and Who Do You Take Me For? (Morton?), with the brass orchestra of the 59th Regiment.

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman, 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.

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